Wednesday, 15 April 2026

day forty-seven (13. 352)

As the the US announces that it will not extend the pause in sanctioning Iranian oil at sea and the blockade continues of the Persian gulf, Trump hints that negotiations could resume within the next couple of days in Islamabad, urging the Tehran delegation to stay put with JD Vance saying a grand bargain is in the offering which would make the country thrive in return for giving up its nuclear ambitions. European nations are working on an independent plan to open the Strait of Hormuz without the involvement of belligerents. Talks between the Lebanese government and Israel take place on the sidelines as the world roundly condemns the killings of more UN peacekeepers and the targeting of healthcare workers in the Beirut suburbs and over a million residents remain displaced, those remaining fearful that a coup is being stoked for their nation dragged into the conflict.

 
synchronoptica

one year ago: the Great Seattle Windshield Pitting Panic (with sychronopticรฆ) plus the Gleichschaltung 
 
 
fourteen years ago: rubbish superpowers plus Olympic demands
 
fifteen years ago: a proposed giant see-saw for Berlin 
 
sixteen years ago: data dressing 
 
seventeen years ago: a slow day for blogging